Perspective: Suing police for abuse is nearly impossible. The Supreme Court can fix that.
shot reporters with rubber bullets. Peaceful protesters and bystanders outside the White House were struck with smoke canisters, pepper balls and stun grenades. Thousands of people around the country, gathering to protest the death of George Floyd, have been victims of yet more violence at the hands of police.
In this extraordinary time, ending qualified immunity would be one of the most powerful first steps that the court or Congress could take to improve police accountability.Qualified immunity shields government officials from liability for damages — even if they have violated the Constitution — so long as they did not violate “clearly established” law.
To avoid having their lawsuits dismissed, this week’s victims of police violence — and Floyd’s family — would have to find cases in which earlier defendants were found to have violated the law inI’m a priest. The police forced me off church grounds for Trump’s photo op.
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